CSLB Law & Business Cheat Sheet PDF (2026)

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Contractors State License Board (CSLB), California Department of Consumer Affairs — exam delivered by PSI Services LLC. CSLB's legal existence is set by Business and Professions Code § 7000.5. CSLB states it has contracted with PSI to administer its examinations.

Not published by CSLB. CSLB says only that “All trade examinations consist of multiple-choice questions.” No count appears in the study guide, the Examinations FAQ, or PSI's candidate bulletin.

210 minutes. CSLB: “You will be given 3-1/2 hours to complete each examination.” It is per examination, not per sitting — a candidate taking Law and Business plus a trade exam gets 3-1/2 hours for each.

Not published by CSLB. CSLB: “You will be informed at the test site about the percentage of correct answers needed to pass each examination,” and, in Get Licensed to Build Q14, that the percentage “varies for each exam”. Passing candidates are never shown their own score. PrepPass states no passing score for this exam.

$450 — Original application (exam or waiver, one classification) (CSLB, one-time); $51.43 — Examination registration (each registration, first attempt or retake) (PSI Services LLC, per attempt); $200 — Initial license fee (sole owner) (CSLB, one-time); $350 — Initial license fee (non-sole owner: partnership, corporation, LLC, joint venture) (CSLB, one-time). Two payees: application and license fees go to CSLB, the per-exam registration fee to PSI. CSLB's 2023 “Get Licensed to Build” PDF still names a $100 rescheduling fee; it appears neither on CSLB's current fee list nor in Business and Professions Code § 7137 as amended effective 1 January 2026, so it is not stated here. The application fee is charged once per original license application and covers both required exams.

English · Spanish. CSLB publishes Spanish versions of 10 exams and names this one among them. Candidates requesting a translator for those exams are required to take the Spanish version instead.

35 sections: New, changed or expiring (dated); Exam format and scheduling; When you finish; The seven areas and what the guide lists; Application and license fees (CSLB fee page); Application steps; Books named in the study guide; Who counts as a contractor, and the small-job exemption; Unlicensed contracting: BPC 7028 and 7031; The qualifier (RMO or RME); and 25 more. The sections, a few of the facts and where each one comes from are listed on this page.

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The PDF is a colour print layout of the exam's key facts, sectioned and dense, to print and keep beside you. The study guide ($27.99) teaches the material chapter by chapter; the cheat sheet ($9.99) is the short reference. They are separate purchases. Buying the PDF unlocks nothing: the practice questions and timed mock exam are free either way.

Checked October 2, 2026 against cslb.ca.gov and leginfo.legislature.ca.gov. Rules and exam outlines change, so confirm any figure with the official source before you rely on it.

Yes — CSLB Law & Business Cheat Sheet PDF (2026) downloads as PDF, 4 pages. The download link is emailed the moment payment clears and does not expire.

$9.99, once. There is no subscription and no account to create; the PDF file is yours to keep.

Yes — 1,632 of them, free to use with no signup and an explanation on every one. They are separate from this cheat sheet, which is what you are buying here. The same free, no-account system also has practice modes (adaptive, new questions, spaced review of misses, weak-topic focus, saved, my mistakes); a timed mock exam (115 questions, 210 minutes) with a score report by topic; a 10-question readiness check (about 5 minutes); 7 study chapters; a day-by-day study plan. None of it needs this cheat sheet.

Yes. CSLB Law & Business + CSLB Class B is $32.99 for 4 files in one checkout — 57% less than the $77.96 those items cost bought separately today. It adds CSLB Law & Business — Complete Study Guide (2026), CSLB Class B General Building — Trade Exam Study Guide (2026), CSLB Class B — General Building — Cheat Sheet (2026). The saving is measured against the items' real current prices; there is no struck-through "original" price on this site.

No. This is an independent cheat sheet and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the exam's awarding body. Its figures come from California Business & Professions Code / Labor Code / Civil Code / 8 CCR (Cal/OSHA) / CSLB published material, and the PDF lists the sources and the date each figure was checked. Always confirm current requirements with the body that issues your licence.